Grant Taylor told police he struck a firefighter with his pickup truck after he became angry with firefighters who were collecting donations and slowing down traffic, according to court records. He honked his horn and threw an apple core at Lansing Firefighter Dennis Rodeman before driving away, turning around and running down Rodeman in the street, according to testimony from a Lansing police detective.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: lansing state journal

At least eight people were confirmed dead and five more missing late Monday after two cars were caught in a flash flood in Hildale on the Utah-Arizona border. Several vehicles were reportedly swept into waterways after heavy rains hit at approximately 5 p.m. MT, including two vehicles that had been carrying 16 people in Maxwell Canyon north of the city, said Kevin Barlow, assistant fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: usa today

VIDEO - An Atlanta fire station is feeling the heat after allegedly letting prostitutes pose in their fire house. CBS46 found these racy pictures on a website advertising, among other classifieds, local escorts. In the ads, two girls in lingerie sit provocatively on trucks that belong to the city.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 46 Atlanta

A terrifying video a man said he recorded as he escaped a fast-moving fire in northern California on Saturday captures the intensity of the conflagration. The man, listed as MulletFive on his YouTube account, says he recorded the video as he drove away from his home in Anderson Springs around 7:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: usa today

The Burton Fire District is without one of its brothers on Monday after a firefighter fell seriously ill during a call on Sunday afternoon. It all started around noon on Sunday when firefighters responded to a call about a motor vehicle accident in the Pinewood district of Beaufort. Shortly after they arrived at the scene, however, it was one of their own men who was in the most critical condition of all.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBF-TV NBC Myrtle Beach